The unprecedented visit to Hiroshima by then U.S. President Barack Obama last year was decided by himself several days before an official announcement, with strong support from his senior advisers, especially, then U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo Caroline Kennedy, according to Obama's top aide."We had a final discussion in which he made the decision in the Oval Office -- it was our morning meeting with his senior White House national security staff. I think it was early May, a week or two before the announcement," said Ben Rhodes, a speech writer and former Deputy National Security Adviser for Oba…READ FULL ARTICLE
